78rpm label design (7)

nother
in an occasional series of 78rpm record labels. As well as the standard designs
for their labels, record companies sometimes designed special labels for
individual recordings.

This
record was, as the label states, recorded in 1927 in New Zealand during a Royal
visit: although electrical recording was widely established by then it seems it
hadn't reached New Zealand - or perhaps electricity wasn't available wherever
this recording was made.

The singer is
a well-known Maori performer of the time, Ana Hato, and the song, 'Waiata Poi' was written
by Alfred Hill in 1904: it became popular for a time in England where it was
known by line from the chorus, 'Tiny ball on end of string': the words are given
here.